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G. W. ANSLEY & J. H. BOYD.

CLOTHES DRIER.

No. 447,551. Patented 1V1a.1*.-3 1891.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

. GEORGE YV. ANSLEY AND JOSEPH H. BOYD, OF MEDICAL LAKE, XVASHINGTON;

SAID BOYD ASSIGNOR TO SAID ANSLEY.

CLOTHES-DRIER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 447,551, dated March 3, 1891. Application filed November 21, 1890- Serial No. 372,212. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that we, GEORGE W. ANSLEY and JOSEPH H. BOYD, citizens of the United States, residing at Medical Lake, in the county of Spokane and State of WVashington, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Olothes-Driers; and we do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

r This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in clothes-racks of that class wherein the arms are adapted to be folded out of the way when not in use; and it has for its objects, among others, to provide an improved device of this character wherein the arms may be inclosed within a suitable case or pocket when not in use, the support being provided with a swinging bail or handle, which serves also as a support for the arms when thelatter, or any one of them, are inuse.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will hereinafter appear, and the novel features thereof will be specifically defined by the appended claim.

The novelty resides in the peculiarities of construction and the combinations, arrangement, and adaptation of parts, all as more fully hereinafter described, shown in the drawings, and then particularly pointed out in the claim. I

The invention is clearly illustrated in the accompanying drawings, which, with the letters of reference marked thereon, form a part of this specification, and in which Figure 1 is a perspective View of our improved clothes-rack. Fig. 2 is a vertical section through the same. Fig. 3 is a top plan with a portion of the arms extended.

Like letters of reference indicate like parts throughout the several views.

Referring now to the details of the drawings by letter, A designates a suitable'back plate or support, to which is secured the easing B, preferably semi cylindrical and of metal, with a bottom a of any suitable material, the back plate being formed or provided with a lug b at its upper end, which is provided with a key-hole slot or opening 0, to engage suitable means, as a screw or nail, by which the device may be removably suspended in any desired place.

0 is the top to the casing, which is provided around its edge with a plurality of openings d, which also extend for a short distance through the upper portion of the vertical flange of the top 0, forming shoulders e, on

which the supporting-arms may find a hearing when extended.

The arms D are loosely confined within the casing, and at their inner ends are provided each with a cross-pin f or other suitable provision to prevent their being entirely withdrawn from the chamber formed by the casing and back plate and yet allow them to be moved freely within the same. The outer 1 ends of the arms upon their under face are provided with eyes or hooks or other analogous provisions g, which may serve to hook things onto when the arms are extended.

F is a bail pivotally connected to the easing, and serves as a means for carrying the clothes-rack from place to place when necessary, and when in use this bail is thrown down into a horizontal position, as shown, where it rests upon a lug h on the upper end of the casing, and serves to receive the supporting-arms.

The operation is simple and will be readily understood. WVhen any one or all of the arms are to be used, they are drawn up vertically until the same have been removed to their fullest extent, when, by bringing them into a horizontal position, they will be there retained by reason of their engagement upon the shoulder, the bail, and upon the under side of the top of the casing.

The device is light, compact, not liable to get out of order, and in use has proved very efficient.

What we claim as new is- The clothes-rack described, consisting of the back plate, the casing secured thereto and provided with a bottom, and a top provided with openings at its outer edge, forming 10o" shoulders, the swinging bail having its ends In testimony whereof we affix mil-signatures extended inward horizontally and forming in presence of two Witnesses.

the pivots on which it turns, the lug therefor GEORGE \V. ANSL'EY. attached to the vertical flange of the top, an (1 J. II. BOYD. 5 the supporting-ai'ms free to be moved within 'iti'lesses:

the casing and at their outer ends provided '1. R. TATE, with eyes or loops, substantially as specified. I). ll. ULRICH. 

